I still like TextMate.
I still like Sublime Text
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Re: I still like Sublime Text
#332Sublimes' skeleton is excellent- Python extensions are a pleasure to write compared to VS Code. HOWEVER it desperately needs a UI/UX polish pass to stay competitive: * Drag and drop in the sidebar folder list. * Drag and drop tab to create 2+ column view. * Focus the open tab if a file is already open in any Sublime window.. Please stop opening duplicates- one mistake and you've overwritten your work.
The first two points are a good illustration of how varied an audience may be. Most of the time I see people striving to make their text editor experience such that they don't have to reach for the mouse at all.
The last point is a good illustration that your product may have terrible bugs that destroy user data, and still be well-loved because the overall experience is slick, and certain other capabilities are second to none.
Re: I still like Sublime Text
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Sublime’s behaviour isn’t an autosave, it just never loses text in a window. You can upgrade the entire OS, start Sublime and your windows and text will be waiting for you, regardless of saved or unsaved state. I’ve got five-year-old scratchpad windows open that I’ve never saved.
That's still my favorite feature of all, it even remembers the undo history. Never lost anything to a crash.
I think you need to create a project file and then it stores things there.
For a long time I would get paranoid about accepting Mac updates which would require a reboot because then I'd lose my undo history and then I discovered that this is all I would need to do.
Re: I still like Sublime Text
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Hi! I was a Sublime Text fan throughout University, and I would have loved to continue using it. Unfortunately for me Sublime lacks too many necessities, and that forced me off Sublime and onto the much slower VSCode. I really wish Sublime would develop a more solid plugin system and have some sane built-ins such as a terminal.
> sane built-ins such as a terminal. It’s all preference. I think it’s insane that people use the terminal in their editors.
100%. I prefer having a separate client for various tasks.
Re: I still like Sublime Text
#335Sublime Text developer here, thank you for all the praise! I'm looking forward to what we can accomplish this year. If you have any questions I'd be happy to answer.
I paid for a license for Sublime, but then I was forced to upgrade a while ago, and my license no longer works with the new version. Is there a solution to this?
Re: I still like Sublime Text
#336Earlier quoted context omitted.
> sane built-ins such as a terminal. It’s all preference. I think it’s insane that people use the terminal in their editors.
You don't like quickly accessing the terminal? The biggest draw for me is that VSCode can easily attaches to terminal processes, so I can launch a debugging session with custom arguments with a simple "CTRL+~" and a "npm run foo".
“Alt+tab” works all the time.
Guake is a great terminal for quick access too.
I have a hot key for opening kitty as well.
Vscode attaching the debugger automatically is a really nice feature, though.
Nothing you couldn’t do with a few shell scripts, but it’s nice that it does it automatically.
Re: I still like Sublime Text
#337Sublime Text developer here, thank you for all the praise! I'm looking forward to what we can accomplish this year. If you have any questions I'd be happy to answer.
I paid for a license for Sublime, but then I was forced to upgrade a while ago, and my license no longer works with the new version. Is there a solution to this?
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Re: I still like Sublime Text
#338Used to use sublime, and wanted to purchase a license, but it is only good for the version you are on. Since I use gentoo and it upgrades frequently, my license would require me to hold it back, and eventually it will break. How do others deal with this? Just keep purchasing a license?
Re: I still like Sublime Text
#339Sublime is extraordinary. It's one of the softwares I've loved the most, by far. Even today, it's always opened and I use it for quick fixes and code browsing.
However, despite my fondness for it, VS Code, and now Cursor, have largely taken over for me. Cursor, in particular, has literally completely transformed how I code. And yes, it's slower and more bloated, but the value-added of Cursor is worse it.
Re: I still like Sublime Text
#340Earlier quoted context omitted.
> sane built-ins such as a terminal. It’s all preference. I think it’s insane that people use the terminal in their editors.
Why is it insane? Along with a terminal, I also use a database editor inside my code editor. That’s the point behind an IDE - integrated developer environment.
It’s insane bc I don’t like it :)
Like I said, it’s all personal preference.
I mainly code in neovim, I do a lot of work ssh-ing into other machines (sometimes with multiple hops.)
I live in the terminal and sometimes cat very very large log files and would like an experience that is terminal centric.
It very much surprised me to learn how many devs there are nowadays who aren’t terminal centric (outside of windows land)
Also I use my text editor to edit database records (via a plugin) as well. Editing DB rows in vim is the kind of crazy I like.